Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12854, George Edick, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Edick, George
S. 12854
CONTENTS
Carded

86 80
New York George Edick
of Onondaga in the State of New York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Herkimer of the Regt commanded by Col Harpe in the N.Y. militia for 2 years.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of April 1833 and sent to E. Rhoades Mailing
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833 $160.00 Semest. allowance ending 4 Sept. " 40.00
$200.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk Book E Vol. 4 Page 18
Death met on A. B. Death met on A. B.

State of New York Oneida County
Personally appeared before Me Adam S. Hambley a justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid John Funk to me known as a credible person who being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath depose and say that he is well acquainted with George Elisha who makes application for a pension that said Elisha enlisted for nine months in the month of April 1876 in Captain Davis's Company 1st New York Cavalry Regiment New York Artillery and served faithfully as a soldier in said Company during the aforesaid term that the defendant was a sergeant in said Company and was with said Elisha during the whole term of his service and further this deponent saith not knows and
Subscribed this 9 th day of February 1883 Before me —
John Funk
Adam S. Hambley J. Peace
I certify that the person who  John Funk  above named  is the person State of New York } Credible person Adam S. Hambley J. Peace County of Oneida } I, Reuben S. Hess Clerk of the said County do certify that Adam S. Hambley before whom the preceding affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County and that I am acquaint- ed with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the jurat of said affidavit to be his proper hand writing and genuine Signature. Witness my hand and Seal of Office this 11 th day of February 1883. R. S. Hess Clerk

George Edick
admitted
26 mo. Private

State of New York Onondaga County, ss.
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace in and for said County, George Eclack who being duly sworn, doth depose and say that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his services but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods below and in the following years. For Four Months I served as a private in Captain Schenck Company in the year 1775. For Four Months In the year 1776 I served as a private in Captain Evershards Company. For Eight Months I served in 1776 in Captain Evershards Company. For Eight Months of the year 1777 I served part of the time as a private and part of the time as a "Batterry Men" in Captain McNeis Company. For Nine Months of the year 1778 I served as a private under Captain Beybreed. For Seven Months of the year 1779 I served as a private in Captain Lefflers Company. In the month of June  July 1780 while serving as a private under Captain Gitman I was taken prisoner by the Indians and was detained as such until December 1782 in Montreal and for such service claim a pension all of the above services being in the Militia of the State of New York in the service of the United States.
Sworn & Subscribed this 28 Jany 1833
before me A. Kings J.P.
George L Eclack
Mark
I certify that the above named George Eclack is a man of truth and veracity from personal knowledge of his character. Asa Kings J.P.

State of New York County of Onondaga } ss:
I Reuben S. Hiss Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Isa. Vines Esquire before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the jurat of the said Affidavit to be his proper hand writing and Signature. Witness my hand and Seal of Office this 28 th day of January 1833.
R. S. Hiss Clerk

State of New York Onondaga County
On this 11 th day of September personally appeared in open court before Daniel Moody vice Chancellor at a Court of Chancery now sitting George Odick a resident of the town of Manlius county of Onondaga and State of New York aged seventy five six years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed the 7 th day of June 1832.
That he entered service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. That in the month of April or May 1775 he volunteered under Captain George Hukimer and was stationed at Hukimer on the Mohawk River about two months in the month of July of that year enlisted under Captain Eisenlohr and was employed in building fort Hukimer and fort Dayton on the Mohawk River was at a place now called Rome where fort Stanwix was built. Then Col Van Schaick had the command at that time was discharged late in the fall. Then in December was at this time in the New York Militia. In the month of April 1776 this applicant enlisted again under Captain Eisenlohr of the line for nine months under Col Van Schaick of the New York Militia and was stationed at Fort Hukimer and Fort Dayton that year and was discharged about the 1 st of January 1777. In the month of April 1777 enlisted under Captain William McRee was ordered to Fort Edward on the Hudson River and was employed on board the boats in the service of the United on that River
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transporting Stores for the army and to the different ports on the River between Albany and Fort Miller & Fort Edward was discharged that year at Fort Hakeimer on the 18 th January 1778 on the first of April 1778 Enlisted in Captain Bigbeards Company in Col. Harkness Regiment New York Militia for Nine Months and was Stationed at Fort Hakeimer on the Mohawk River and was out in frequent Scouting parties and in Skirmishes with the Indians & Loyalists was discharged at Fort Hakeimer the last day of December of that year In the Month of April of the year 1779 enlisted under Captain Löffler and was employed during that year in Boating Continental Stores from Schoharie to the different ports on the Mohawk river until cold weather and was then sent out with a party to get wood for the Soldiers at Fort Hakeimer Fort Dayton Fort Plain and was discharged 1 January 1780. In the Spring of the year in the Month of May 1780 volunteered under Captain Sitman and while on guard over some Continental Stores near Fort Hakeimer on the 24 th of June 1780 was taken prisoner by the Indians and conveyed to Fort Niagara and in about four weeks thereafter to Montreal where he was detained a prisoner until the Month of December 1782 when he was released That he has no documentary evidence of his services except the testimony his friends and comrades had no written discharge from the Service 1 was born at Palatine on the Mohawk River State of New York on the 13 th day of December 1765 2 That John Frank of Hakeimer has a bible which contains a record of his age 3 That he was living at Hakeimer when he entered the Service and lived at that place until

State of New York
Onondaga County ss Be it known that before me Daniel Mosley Vice Chancellor of the Seventh Circuit at a Court now sitting
personally appeared in open court Martin
Walter of the town of Winfield, County of Onondaga & State of New York who being first duly sworn according to his oaths on his oaths declares that in the summer of 1775 he was acquainted with George Edick who now makes application for a pension, that he was a soldier in Captain Eisenhardt's Company of New York Militia that the defendant was a member of the same Company that they were  were employed that summer in building Fort Dayton & Fort Schuyler on the Mohawk River for the defense of the Inhabitants that he does not recollect what Colonel commanded at that time that Captain Bloomfield of the regular army had the command at that place and further this defendant saith not
his Martin M c Walter Mark
Sworn & subscribed this 11 day of September
1832
D. Mosley
The words in open court. Correct Judge interlined D. Mosley Vice Chancellor
I certify that the above named Martin Walter was made known to me by the oaths of Elijah Rhoades. to be a man of truth & veracity Daniel Mosley George Edick Martin of town of Rhoades

who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the town of Manlius and that Shadduck Patten who has also signed the same is a resident of Manlius and is a credible person, and that their Statement is entitled to credit
Daniel Moseley Vice Chancellor.
I Daniel Moseley Deputy Clerk of the Court of Chancery, of the Seventh Circuit for the State of New York, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of George Edick for a pension — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 11 th day of September one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two
Daniel Moseley Deputy Clerk
(Done)

The year 1810 when he removed to Meadville where he has since that time lived and now lives That the persons with whom he is acquainted in his neighborhood and who can testify to his veracity and to their belief in his services are Allen Breed Thaddeus Patten
That he hereby relinquishes all claim whatever to any pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State Sworn this 11 th Sept. 1832 Daniel Mosley } Concurs Judge } George X Eclick Mark
We Allen Breed a clergyman residing in the town of Meadville and Thaddeus Patten residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with George Eclick who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and we be- lieve him to be seventy six years of age that he is respected and believed where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion Allen Breed Thaddeus Patten Mark
Sworn and subscribed this 11 day of September 1832
Daniel Mosley Concurs Judge and the said court do hereby declare their opin- ion after investigating the matter and after pub- lishing the interrogations prescribed by the War Depart- ment that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as in States. And the court further certifies that it appears them that Allen Breed

State of Delaware Is Personally appeared before me The undersigned John B. Dyer a justice of the peace in and for Kent County of Delaware and known to me to be a person of truth and veracity who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath say that he is well acquainted with George Belick the bearer Herewith in the County of Delaware and State of Delaware who as far as he is informed in the year 1777 was a pensioner that the said George Belick was before the revolution a near neighbor of his that he knew at the time that the said George enlisted as a soldier in the same company with Peter Burg and others Dyer is the best recollection of this appearance in the year 1777 in the company of Captain McRea that in this appearance has been in the year 1777 Dyer heard his name at many times and according to the deponent's recollection the said George Belick enlisted as a soldier in the year 1777 in Captain Samuel Gray's Company Col. White's Infantry Regiment of the Pennsylvania State Line and that as a faithful soldier the said George Belick served in said company, that the deponent was a soldier in the same Regiment and served during the whole of said period in said Regiment in the service of the United States that their service was on the Mohawk & Hudson Rivers & certainly at Barracks at Schenectady & connected to Albany. And that the deponent was afterwards taken prisoner and brought by the British into Canada that when he came there as a prisoner found the said George Belick in Canada also as a prisoner that the said deponent and the said George Belick were exchanged and came home together that they landed in Boston

in the year 1782 and after suffering many hardships & fatigues arrived at what is now called Germantown in the County of Schuylkill to their familiar & thankful heavenly escape with their lives and the glorious liberty and independence, this County and further this statement with not seen and subscribed this 5th Day of February 1833 before me Andrew P. Mason  John B Deygert
Justice Peace  I certify that I am well acquainted with Andrew P. Mason above named and that he is a Justice of the Peace John B Deygert Justice Peace  State of New York Northumberland County } ss.
I declare that John B Deygert on before whom the foregoing Affidavit was sworn to have been sworn, was, on the day of its date one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County, and duly authorized to act as such, and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and verily believe that the signature of "John B Deygert" subscribed to the said Affidavit is his proper hand writing and signature
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official seal this 7th day of February 1833 Julius C Nelson Clerk
 Andrew P. Mason  Justice Peace 

No 8259
BRIEF in the case of  Jacob Edicko of Ulster  County of Ulster  in the State of  New York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? before a Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? Twenty six years of age  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years. Months. Days.     Enlisted in April 1778 about 2 Private Gen. Washington   was discharged at Elizabethton in 1780 4 do Brig. Gen. Sullivan   re-enlisted in 1781 9 do Col. Schuyler   discharged in 1782 9 do Col. Hamilton   re-enlisted in 1783 9 do Col. Harpe   discharged in 1784 9 do Col. Lippincott   re-enlisted in 1785 1 8 Private Col. Schuyler  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? at Poughkeepsie, New York  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? As tradition is supported by the living voice of the same person, whose credibility is not called in question.  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
X  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
C. H. Williams Examining Clerk.

9 mo 1775 first wife 9 mo 1776 2nd wife
No 8289
George Edick one of C. Rhoads Marlins
New York
admitted
24 mo Pirate.
(Not found) proof recd
13 25 14
156

August 7, 1939
Mrs. Dwight T. Randall 30 Rhode Island Avenue Highland Park, Michigan
BA-J/MCS George Edick, S.12854
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for information relative to George Edich, Eatich, Edigh or Itigh who served in the Revolutionary War from New York State.
The data which follow were taken from papers on file in the pension claim, S.12854, based on the military service of the only George Edick or Edich (searched under all spellings) that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
George Edick or Edich was born at Palatine on the Mohawk River in New York, December 13, 1765. The names of his parents are not shown.
While living in Herkimer, he served as private with New York troops as follows: he volunteered in April or May, 1775, under Captain George Herkimer and was stationed at Herkimer on the Mohawk River about two months; He enlisted in July, 1775, under Captain Eissenlord and Colonel Van Schaick and was employed in building Fort Herkimer and Fort Dayton and was discharged in November, 1775; he enlisted in April, 1776, under Captain Eissenlord and Colonel Van Schaick, was stationed at Forts Herkimer and Dayton and was discharged about the first of January, 1777; he enlisted in April, 1777, under Captain William McKee, was ordered to Fort Edward on the Hudson River and was employed on board the boats in the United States service in transporting stores for the army to various posts on the Hudson between Albany and Forts Miller and Edward and was discharged January 1, 1778; he enlisted the first of April, 1778, in Captain Bigbread's company in Colonel Harper's regiment, was stationed at Fort Herkimer and was discharged December 31, 1778; he

enlisted in April, 1779, under Captain Leffler, was employed in boating continental stores from Schenectady to different posts on the Mohawk River until cold weather when he was sent to get wood for soldiers at Forts Herkimer, Dayton and Plain, and was discharged January 1, 1780; he volunteered in May, 1780, under Captain Gitman and while on guard over some continental stores near Fort Herkimer on June 4, 1780, was taken prisoner by the Indians and conveyed to Fort Niagara and from there to Montreal where he was held until released in December, 1782.
George Edick or Edich lived at Herkimer until 1810 when he moved to Manlius, Onondaga County, New York.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 11, 1832, while living in Manlius, New York.
In 1833, one Conrat Ittig (personal signature) made affidavit in Herkimer County, New York, that he served with George Edick or Edich in 1778, relationship not shown. There are no further data relative to family.
Very truly yours
To E. A. D. Hiller Manlius, N.Y. A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

MICHIGAN
MICHIGAN SOCIETY DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
MRS. DWIGHT T. RANDALL STATE CONSULTING REGISTRAR 30 RHODE ISLAND AVENUE HIGHLAND PARK, MICHIGAN
June 29, 1939
U. S. Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
only 1
Have you a record of a pension granted to George Edich also spelled Eätich, Edigh, Itigh for service in the Revolutionary War from the state of New York?
I shall appreciate any information about his wife and family the record may contain.
I am sorry that I did not have this line to work on when I attended Continental Congress in April so that I might have copied the information myself without troubling you.
Very truly yours,
Myrtle Beck Randall

1939. Aug. 7. hist. tokens Dwight T. Randall NCS
Perman
12854 INVALID.
File No. 12, 554
George Erick
Unit. Box. war
Act: June 1852.
Index:—Vol. _____, Page _____
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of New York Herkimer County ss
Personally appeared before me Nicholas Smith a justice of the peace in and for the County of Herkimer County N.Y. to me known to be a credible person who being duly sworn according to laws of the state oaths dispen and says that he is well acquainted with George Elliott - of the town of Munich County of Oberlin and State of New York who was in the employment for a period that in the month of April 1778 said Elliott entered as a soldier in Captain Biglow's Company Col Ames's Regiment of the New York Militia and served as a faithful soldier the full term of nine months in said Company That this defendant as a soldier in the same Company and served during the war as said person in said Company in the service of the United States that there were no other men on the Mohawk river in said State at and in the vicinity of that the river and further the defendant saith not sworn and subscribed
This 5th day of February (Mch) 1779
Nicholas Smith Justice
I certify that I am well acquainted with Conrad Stieg as above named and that he is in all respects a credible person Nicholas Smith Justice
the above is a true copy of the original now on file in my office

State of New York Herkimer County } ss
I Julius C. Nelson Clerk of the said County do Certify that Nicholas Smith Esqr - before whom the foregoing Affidavit purports to have been sworn, was on the day of its date one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County, and duly authorized to act as such, and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe that the signature of "Nicholas Smith" subscribed to the said Certificate, is his proper hand writing and signature -
In witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this 7th day of February
1853
Julius C. Nelson Clerk